Improvement in skates



C. BREWSTER.

SKATES.

Patented June 6, 1876.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLESBREWSTER, OF MONTREAL, CANADA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SKATES.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 178,265, dated June 6, 1876 application filed` April 15, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, CHARLES BREWsTER, ofthe city and district ot' Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements l in Skates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention has reference to a new arrangement ot' mechanism for attaching the skate to the boot or shoe of a skater.

In the drawings hereunto annexed similar letters ot' reference indicate like parts.

Figure l is a sideA elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan of thev skate inverted, with part of runner removed to show my invention more clearly.

c is the runner, ot' any desired configuration. b is the sole-plate, attached to runner by brackets d and c. c is the heel-plate, attached to the riser v of the runner. t are the outer heelclasps.

All the aboveare constructed in the manner already in use. A sufficient space is left between the brackets c c for the passage of a screwed spindle, la. rlhe heel-plate is att-ached to the runner by forming an opening in it to receive the reduced end of the riser '11, which f lugs a', to which are attached, by pivots, the links b. These links are pivoted at their other extremity to the clamps p, which are made with necks c', attached, by pivots at d', to the plate b. For the purpose of keeping the clamp ends close up under the plate b, curved dovetailed slots e are formed, having d as a center, in which slots work the bolts f', holes being made .in the necks o to receive the bolts j", their ends being riveted into the same, so that the necks c and clasps p, while being guided and retained close up under the plate b, freely rotate 011 their pivots el.

In Fig. 2 the parts are shown in the position that they Will assume when the clamps p p release the boot. As the nut m is caused to move forward by the rotation vof the spindle k, the clamps are closed upon the boot. skate is applied to the boot or shoe, and the heel-clasp l1, and spindle It are moved to cause the clasp h to rest against the front of the heel.

The 'spindle 7c is then rotated to close the clamps p upon the sole, and cause them and the clasp la simultaneously to gripe the sole and heel.

What I claim is as follows:

l. The combination ot' the spindle 7c, nut m, links b', and pivoted clasps 19, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of the spindle k, nut m, links b, and pivoted clasps p with the heelclasp h, substantially asand for the purposes set forth. Y,

Montreal, 10th day of April, A. D. 1876.

G. BREWSTER.

Witnesses:

OHARLEsG. G. SIMPSON, E. L. STILWELL.

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